I’m pretty sure that anything after 3 for me is just additional hangover material
Which is not to say I have the presence of mind to remember that when ordering pint 4, or 5 even…
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the third pint is a real phenomenon, i think. how many times i’ve linked up with a mate “just for one”, which means a round each. then that tricky decision comes along “shall we…?” and all hell breaks loose! 
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Going for a pint = 2 to 3 pints
A couple of pints = 3 to 5 pints
Going out “for drinks” = defo getting shitted, may not be home before 2am
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No more than two is the best answer, if not the most enjoyable (at the time) answer.
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Facts
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Any more than 2 and the evening takes a different turn.
I’d say 1 pint of cold lager is optimal, particularly on a hot day. You can really enjoy it. Anything further doesn’t taste the same.
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Any gigs or clubs, I’m unashamedly on the halves these days. Apart from anything, carrying a whole pint around is a pain in the arse. (And don’t get me started on the two-pinters they have at gigs now.)
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This guy mentions twelve pints, which would 100% put me in the hospital
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Last time time I was properly wankered (before Christmas - works do - when Mrs J_C had to a) get me inside as I was shouting ‘shut the fuck up’ to the neighbour’s barking dog at the top of my voice as I came back to the front door b) had to help me undress and c) had to feed me stew) I had a pint of shit Lager and two large glasses of Red Wine with the meal, then onto a bar where I had two IPAs in quick succession before I managed to escape the work colleagues and met up with a mate in a different bar where I had 7 pints of Leith Juice plus I think three different tasty Islay malts…
All on a three course Christmas meal where I ate the soup, a few potatoes and some of the (vegetarian) main and a few bites of a very lame dessert.
I repeatedly said wasn’t going to drink at the meal too, but social anxiety…I’m not proud 
I was working the day after too…
I’ve been very much off it since, apart from the odd strict one and done.
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Mate of mine, in our much younger days, used to talk about, “doing a gallon.” (8 pints).
Even the thought of that makes me shudder now.
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Of course there are evenings where I absolutely want it to take a different turn and then all bets are off!
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I must ‘do a gallon’ at least every Friday or Saturday. Even in the rave days when everyone else was on water, i’d drink Newcastle Brown along with the pingers.
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Same, away match days on a long trip can get a bit out of hand ( in a good way) sometimes but beer generally doesn’t make me too hungover tbh. Think its why I dont get on the spirits or wine much these days.
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this thread has now clearly had more than two!
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4 pints is absolutely the worst number of pints.
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I go to local most Friday / Saturday / Sunday afternooon & find 2.5 is optimum
Usually only 2 Saturday & Sunday
If I go to 3 on a Friday always regret the last 1/2
Was in Holland recently & much prefer that size of glass ( the glasses looks so much nicer & bigger than a british half which looks tiny)
& wish pubs did bitterballen
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I concur - Too far gone & No Way back but not far enough
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I actually agree. It’s just the point of perfect feeling. There’s no way, if i’ve had 4, i’m stopping there. The expression ‘one over the eight’ exists for a reason though.
